TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
數
數 ＝ 婁 ＋ 攵
ㄕㄨˋ · shù/shǔ
noun — number, figure (shù); verb — to count (shǔ); adj — several (shù)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
婁聲lóu — gives the sounda woman (女) under a piled, hollow frame — heaped up, strung in rows
IF≠lóu → shù/shǔ — the reading shifted hard from the donor, an irregular jump
攵義a hand with a stick — to tap, to count offthe counting hand (攴)
婁 lóu carries the sound — things piled and strung in rows; the reading drifted far, to shù. A hand with a stick (攵) taps each one off: to count. To count is to read off the number (計也): 數字、數量. Counting one by one gives a few, several: 數個、數天. Counted out as one's lot: 命數.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一串串堆著的東西（婁），拿棍的手（攵）一下下點過去——一、二、三，數清。
Rows of things heaped and strung (婁); the stick-hand (攵) taps them off one by one — one, two, three, counted clean.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
shù
(本義)數目、數字— number, figure常用
→數量— quantity, amount常用
⇒數個、數天— several, a few
⇒命數、氣數— one's allotted lot, fate
shǔ
(本義)點算、計數— to count, count off常用
→數一數二— to rank, count among (the best)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension